Syria Repels Israeli Airstrikes over Damascus Countryside
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Israel launched yet another missile strike into Syria's countryside near the capital Damascus, many of which were shot down by the Syrian air defense system.
The aerial assault was announced on Friday by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
Citing a "military source," SANA said that the Israeli airstrike occurred at 23:03 local time.
The raid saw "the Israeli enemy" firing several missiles at the targeted area from the direction of the northeastern side of Lake Tiberias, which is located in the northern part of the Tel Aviv-occupied Palestinian territories, it added.
"The (Syrian) army's air defenses intercepted and destroyed most of the fired missiles," the source further stated, insisting that the attack had only resulted in "material damage."
Syria and the Israeli regime are technically at war due to the latter’s 1967-to-present occupation of the Arab country’s Golan Heights.
The US-sponsored regime maintains a significant military presence in the Syrian territory, using it as one of its launching pads for attacks against the Arab country.
The regime's attacks on Syria started to grow significantly in scale and frequency after 2011, when the nation found itself in the grips of rampant foreign-backed terror campaign that sought to overthrow the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
